Respiration Rap

Today our respiration rap from 2015's Year 12 Biology class clocked over 2,000 views on youtube! 

It was also retweeted by Dr Rich Allen, a teacher-trainer whose 2-day course was the most inspiring PD I have ever been to. 

His use of music and movement in teaching and learning is something that really resonated with me, as well as 'riding the wave' of engagement by 'changing state' near the peak of engagement. 

I'm so stoked that he thought what the Bio kids did was a good example of learning through movement and music :) 

Unfortunately this year I haven't had time to record and film another full music video in time for the Manaiakalani Film Festival, despite having 3 songs already written and ready to go about photosynthesis, genetic variation and hotspot volcanoes! 

Time seems short this year :( Hopefully we'll get on to filming one of the songs in Term 4 - the challenge is out to the 2016 Year 12 Biology class!! 

+Caroline Akau'ola-Laula +Jacob Fifita +Maria Mahoni +Kayde Inia 

Instead, I'll just repost the Respiration Rap to enjoy :) 

Runnin' (From Lava)

Year 11 is starting their second assessment on Surface Features of New Zealand. 

To gain the credits in this assessment students need to produce a report, create a Prezi or presentation, or make a tourism video or brochure about Auckland's volcanoes. 

 They need to explain processes happening UNDER the ground that cause Auckland volcanoes, as well as what occurs ON TOP of the ground during an eruption, and some process that happen over many years AFTER to form the familiar peaks or lakes around Auckland. 

Why is there a Beyonce song at the start of this post?

I love learning through music! 

One of my students was listening to Beyonce instead of me the other day (she IS fabulous, but can she teach about volcanoes? hmmm...) 

Turns out that she can, if we use her song but change some lyrics. That same student and her friend will hopefully record this song for their class in coming days, to help them learn about the hotspot under Auckland:

[Girls]

These four layers deep have changed the Earth’s surface

The Earth’s surface,

It’s changing still.

The heat it starts deep first from the outer core,

Heats mantle up,

Mantle just above,

Starts heating up.

Where else can it go?

Where else can it go?

Convecting up,

To the crust.

Crust then starts to melt,

Magma building up,

Hot magma

Hot magma

Hotspot, hotspot, hotspot, hotspot,

Hotspot, hotspot, hotspot

No hotspots at the plate boundaries,

Just in the middle at Auckland,

It’s a hotspot, hotspot, hotspot, hotspot,

Hotspot, hotspot, hotspot,

A hundred kilometers below,

The melted rock is building up.

If the pressure builds we lose it all

[Boys]

If I feel the earth shake I won’t be standing still,

Be gapping it,

To Hamilton,

As the magma pushes up through cracks,

And fissures,

To the surface,

Eruption time!

Where else can I go?

When Auckland loses control,

Lava on you,

Chasing you.

Hotspot, hotspot, hotspot, hotspot,

Hotspot, hotspot, hotspot

Eruption size and lava type,

Make different volcano shapes.

[Girls]

It’s a hotspot, hotspot, hotspot, hotspot,

Hotspot, hotspot, hotspot,

Caldera, strato-volcano,

Cinder cone and shield shape too.

[Boys]

When the lava cools,

It leaves behind,

[Girls]

It’s a ro-cky volcano,

slopes and sides,

[Boys]

Then it changes shape more

over time

[Girls]

When humans use it or,

e-ro-sion.

Year 12's Respiration Song

Hey Tyrone, what are you listening to? 

Oh it's a new song, it's called the Respiration Rap Trap!

How does it go, maybe I know it!

"oxygen and glucose, this changes to CO2 and water yaaaa, don't forget the ATP-"

"-ok ok, let's just listen to the full rap!

Here you go:

Lyrics: 

Tamaki Production

Biooo Babes

Yaa-a-

Oxygen and Glucose

VERSE 1

I’m like hey what’s up? Respire.

Need some energy for my cell life pro-ces-ses.

I just wanna turn, (pause) some glucose into it.

Use mitocondria, oxygen and the glucose.

Show you how to change it, making ATP for sure.

Make some more stuff, like water and a gas.

Carbon dioxide, what a waste product.

Energy requires, four main reactions.

With in and outer membrane, and a cristae, matrix though.

Man I swear I love it how it works in me for,

Making energy, in my different tissues,

Muscles they have many, cause of work that they do,

Other tissues they have less, less energy on show.

CHORUS

Oxygen and glucose

this changes to, CO2 aaandwater, yeaah,

Don’t forget the ATP,

It’s the energy for the cell from respiration yeaah

Mitochondria baby,

The folded cristae in-crease surface are-aaahh

Mitochondria baby,

Found more in the tissues that need more energy

I’m like “hey whats up?” Respire.

VERSE 2

Glucose enters the cell, in the cytoplasm it sits,

splits in two, this is called glycolysis.

I just might tell you now that the two molecules

Are called pyruvate, and now more reactions accelerate.

They go in mitochondria, and the link reaction happens,

on the cristae they roll through to the Krebs Cycle happy that they’re still on the cristae, there’s like a thousand reactions,

all you need to know is,

that the Krebs cycle happens.

CHORUS

Oxygen + glucose

this changes to,CO2 aaandwater, yeaah,

Don’t forget the ATP,

It’s the energy for the cellfrom respiration yeaah

Mitochondria baby,

The folded cristae in-crease surface are-aaahh

Mitochondria baby,

Found more in the tissues that need more energy

I’m like “hey whats up?” Respire.

VERSE 3

Electron-tran-sport chain pumps out hy-dro-gen ions,

Falling down concentration gradient it’s own,

Makes the ATP, now you definitely know,

Cause respirate or nothing,

Re-re-respirate or nothing!!

Yeah,

You heard my class.

We sound like a million mitochondria on this track.

And there’s more mitochondria in cells and tissue that need more energy to do more work.

Put your mitochondria where your mouth is so it can keep running.

Mitochondria make cell money.

We rollin in it.

Yeah.

Tamaki Productions.

Shh.